A lifestyle blog for finding MAGIC every day!
To be Awakened by a Cat. To be Loved by Your Spouse. To be Hugged by Your Children. With Early Morning Time to Think. Days Full and Filled with Challenges. Nights to Come Together. Laughter and Dreams. Hopes and Wishes. All Sprinkled with Magic. And Then once again Awakened by a Cat. I wish you …
The Food Prep for Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning. Miss Doodle 2 Makes Fruit Salad for the Christmas Morning Buffet. Just like in a Hotel. 🙂 Miss Doodle preps the Italian Antipasto for Christmas Eve Dinner. Mr. Doodle Makes the Laguna Posole for Christmas Eve. Pork, garlic, posole, red chile. Cook for Hours. Sugar Cookies. …
Summer and Reading. I know, It Doesn’t Quite have the Same Ring as Summer and Swimming(!) Or Summer and Slushies(!) But Somehow We Needed to Glamorize Reading for Miss Doodle 2. Help Her Get Past Her Aversion to Reading. And in My Mind, Summer was the Opportunity to Do Just That. …
One Year Ago, Miss Doodle 2 and I Created a Clay Sculpture Ballerina. Inspired by Degas’ The Little Fourteen-Year-Old Dancer. We Used a Newspaper Armature, Twig Legs, Clay, and Tulle.  Screws Drilled into her Twig Legs Keep Her Steady. It was a “Mom and Me” Project. In Clay. Our Little Dancer Was a Surprise Success. …
A Hysterectomy for a Kitty…Oh My Yes it’s True, In and Out in a Day with Little Pain assured Vet Sue. Our Poor Kitty, Sorry it has to Be This Way, Enjoy Your World, We want you Safe Every Day. Into the Carrier is a Huge Feat, We Tip it Up, And Pop Her In for …
Pets? Specifically a Cat. Do We Need One?   Maybe.  Yes.   We Do. Wait a Minute…Maybe Not. Who Said We Need a New Cat? I’m Not Liking This.  Little Fuzzy Legs and Feet. I’ve Got My Eye on You, Kitty. And No, My Motherly Instincts Have Not Kicked In. Yes, I’ve Still Got My Eye …